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The 28-year-old WWE Diva, better known to wrestling fans as Cameron, says she is back training part-time at the promotion’s developmental training headquarters (NXT) in the Orlando area after taking “some time to work on myself” in recent months.

“There’s still a lot of things that I would like to accomplish there (in WWE),” she tells Keeping Fit by phone.

“I didn’t like where I was at the time. I wasn’t happy. I wanted to have a storyline. I wanted to get better and ... sometimes you have to take a few steps backwards in order to move a few steps forward. So that’s what I decided to do. I’m doing that in hopes of coming back bigger and stronger than ever.”

Andrew, who dubbed her in-ring finishing move “Girl Bye!” and who launched a singing career in 2014 with a pop single titled Bye Bye, notes that she is now bicoastal. That is, half her time is spent in Florida at NXT. And the other half is spent in her native Los Angeles.

Her workouts on both coasts are decidedly gruelling.

“There’s a trainer that they have (at NXT) and he has his own style of how he trains,” she explains, noting he favours heavy weights. “His routine is completely different than what I’m used to doing. Then obviously being in the ring and having a three-hour practice, that’s like a workout in itself.”

When Andrew’s in California, she routinely works with her personal trainer Alice Raibon.

She also routinely takes a 55-minute, circuit-style class at her gym, LA Fitness, called Body Works Plus Abs.

All told, Andrew — a former star on the reality TV series Total Divas — works out five times a week, often splitting up her sessions to allow for an hour of cardio in the morning and an hour of weights later in the day.

Although she’s been known to take the occasional Zumba class, cardio typically consists of walking on the treadmill at a predetermined incline.

“I stopped running a little bit because my knees are not the best,” explains Andrew, a pro wrestler since 2011. “And plus, I don’t want to burn my muscles.”

The 120-pound diva, who’s billed as five-foot-six although she’s admittedly closer to five-foot-four, says “discipline and dedication” are what drive her training regimen.

“For instance, I woke up at 5:30 this morning and went to see my trainer because I knew that would be the only time I would have today to get it done,” she explains.

“I’m like, ‘If I don’t wake up by 5:30 and get to the gym by 6:45, then I’m not going to be able to do it at all today.’ So it’s about being disciplined and dedicated. It’s definitely not easy. I mean anyone can pretty much do it, but what are you willing to do for it? Are you willing to wake up at 5 in the morning or are you willing to do it after you’ve had a long day at work?

“Everyone has their things in life that they push for. What are the things you want to accomplish? It’s not going to happen overnight, but it’s about being consistent and getting better each day.”

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Want more fitness advice? Here’s a 10-pack of gym tips and nutritional tricks from Ariane Andrew specifically for the holiday season:

- It’s OK to overindulge with sweets but add five to 10 minutes of cardio the next day.

- Add a half-hour to one-hour holiday hike daily; make the incline festive.

- Make sure to get some circuit training in — burning calories the whole hour of your workout is the most effective.

The 28-year-old WWE Diva, better known to wrestling fans as Cameron, says she is back training part-time at the promotion’s developmental training headquarters (NXT) in the Orlando area after taking “some time to work on myself” in recent months.

“There’s still a lot of things that I would like to accomplish there (in WWE),” she tells Keeping Fit by phone.

“I didn’t like where I was at the time. I wasn’t happy. I wanted to have a storyline. I wanted to get better and ... sometimes you have to take a few steps backwards in order to move a few steps forward. So that’s what I decided to do. I’m doing that in hopes of coming back bigger and stronger than ever.”

Andrew, who dubbed her in-ring finishing move “Girl Bye!” and who launched a singing career in 2014 with a pop single titled Bye Bye, notes that she is now bicoastal. That is, half her time is spent in Florida at NXT